The Maniac Agenda http://maniacmusic.net/home.cfm Tue, 08 May 2012 08:25:00 GMT http://bandzoogle.com How to Network for Music Success PART 2: Finding people to Help Your Career http://maniacmusic.net/home.cfm?feature=773496&postid=2057409 Dear Maniacs, It is Monday which means it is time for another post! This is &quot;How to Network for Music Success&quot; PART 2: Finding people to Help your career. You can't do it alone this article shows you what jobs you need&nbsp; filled and where to find these people plus a nice tip on how to get festival gigs from going to concerts Click here to download the E-Book article - <a href="http://djsat.bandzoogle.com/go/music-album-download?id=57332" target="_new">djsat.bandzoogle.com/go/music-album-download
It is Monday which means it is time for another post! This is "How to Network for Music Success" PART 2: Finding people to Help your career. You can't do it alone this article shows you what jobs you need  filled and where to find these people plus a nice tip on how to get festival gigs from going to concerts

Click here to download the E-Book article - djsat.bandzoogle.com/go/music-album-download


]]> Tue, 08 May 2012 08:25:00 GMT AA7ABB2EB2495E4D00F1FDCF1C959F35 How to Network Your Way To Music Success PART 1 - Social Objects http://maniacmusic.net/home.cfm?feature=773496&postid=2035253 &ldquo;Did you know you are on average only Six degrees of separation from any person on the Planet?&rdquo; Hello Maniacs, Welcome to the Maniacmusic.net Blog &ndash; The Raw uncut no holds bars realest guide to making a career out of music. Every Monday, I touch on the topics you want to learn about based off real life experiences, successes, failures, and even call in special guest professionals to tell it how it is. This weeks Blog is the 1st post of a four part series on the mysterious dark art of NETWORKING. Everyone does it just some don&rsquo;t understand they are or how to make the most of it. What I&rsquo;m going to tell you will surprise many of you. In this Full article you will learn how to: 1. Use the power of SOCIAL OBJECTS 2. Find people that can help your career 3. Build Your Social Value and use it as a tool 4. Increase your social network 5. Maintain and use it This is part 1 and covers how to Use the power of SOCIAL OBJECTS <a target="_new" href="http://www.maniacmusic.net/go/music-album-download?id=74123">Download the article by clicking HERE or the picture <a target="_new" href="http://www.maniacmusic.net/go/music-album-download?id=74123"> “Did you know you are on average only Six degrees of separation from any person on the Planet?”

Hello Maniacs,

Welcome to the Maniacmusic.net Blog – The Raw uncut no holds bars realest guide to making a career out of music. Every Monday, I touch on the topics you want to learn about based off real life experiences, successes, failures, and even call in special guest professionals to tell it how it is.

This weeks Blog is the 1st post of a four part series on the mysterious dark art of NETWORKING. Everyone does it just some don’t understand they are or how to make the most of it.

What I’m going to tell you will surprise many of you.

In this Full article you will learn how to:
1. Use the power of SOCIAL OBJECTS
2. Find people that can help your career
3. Build Your Social Value and use it as a tool
4. Increase your social network
5. Maintain and use it

This is part 1 and covers how to Use the power of SOCIAL OBJECTS

Download the article by clicking HERE or the picture



]]> Tue, 01 May 2012 06:50:00 GMT 87E50C3AD6C4169AE8004BE1956EB687 How to Develop a Awesome Mix Demo To Get HUGE Gigs http://maniacmusic.net/home.cfm?feature=773496&postid=1997556 Hello Again Maniacs, Antonio &quot;SAT&quot; from The Maniac Agenda here. In this post I wanted to share some useful inside info to keep in mind when developing your mix demos to get yourself booked on huge gigs. In addition, provide an example of the mix I used to get booked to open for Rusko next month and tell my hypotheses on why it worked. How To Develop a Mix Demo To Get You HUGE Gigs by SAT of The Maniac Agenda NOTE Remember The Article is in the PDF file in the Zip <a target="_new" href="http://www.maniacmusic.net/go/music-album-download?id=91685">Click Here or The Picture to Download Article
Antonio "SAT" from The Maniac Agenda here. In this post I wanted to share some useful inside info to keep in mind when developing your mix demos to get yourself booked on huge gigs. In addition, provide an example of the mix I used to get booked to open for Rusko next month and tell my hypotheses on why it worked.

How To Develop a Mix Demo To Get You HUGE Gigs
by SAT of The Maniac Agenda

NOTE Remember The Article is in the PDF file in the Zip


Click Here or The Picture to Download Article



]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:30:00 GMT 124A6D8A3270B2B334AA38552C1F4275 The Manaic Agenda's Side Project Releases genre twisting new single "Ghost" http://maniacmusic.net/home.cfm?feature=773496&postid=1981371 Do want some INSPIRATION? While you are waiting for our BIG announcement! The Maniac agenda's side project Sacred 7 just released its New genre twisting track Get some inspiration from a &quot;Ghost!&quot;
While you are waiting for our BIG announcement!
The Maniac agenda's side project Sacred 7 just released its New genre twisting track

Get some inspiration from a "Ghost!"
]]> Sun, 15 Apr 2012 05:16:47 GMT DA372042D73DC8ABA09123927FA893C7 "Justin Bieber to Release New Dubstep Album in 2012" - RollingStone Mag - Now 2012 could be the end? http://maniacmusic.net/home.cfm?feature=773496&postid=1742809 &quot; Justin Bieber seems is working on a new album, which is believed to be heavy on dubstep. The &lsquo;Baby&rsquo; and &rsquo;Never Say Never&rsquo; singer has been working on a new album, tentatively titled Believe, which is slated to release sometime in early 2012. In an interview with USA Today, the 17-year-old Canadian pop star said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m about halfway through. What&rsquo;s big right now are beats that are in the clubs, like dubstep. So I want to mess with that stuff, but also stay me.&rdquo; - Quoted from <a href="http://rollingstoneindia.com/news-updates/justin-beiber-to-release-dubstep-album/" target="_new">http://rollingstoneindia.com/news-updates/justin-beiber-to-release-dubstep-album/ You think this is what the Mayans warned us about? To defend this, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/themaniacagenda" target="_new">The Maniac Agenda are launching the&nbsp;Producers Against Bieber Step (P.A.B.S.) campiagn today and have already gained the support of Mega Man and Chuck Norris, but are calling on YOU!!! &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chuck Norris&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Megaman To Help defend against the end of the world please support the cause by doing One or more of the following: 1. Download our Free Remix EP - <a href="http://www.maniacmusic.net/go/music-album-download?id=20383" target="_new">http://www.maniacmusic.net/go/music-album-download?id=20383 2. Right click and saved THE PICTURE AT TOP OF THIS POST and make Your Default facebook picture. 3.&nbsp; Tell a Friend by <a target="_new" href="http://www.facebook.com/ajax/sharer/?s=2&amp;appid=2305272732&amp;p%5B0%5D=223540947686837&amp;p%5B1%5D=974927">clicking here 5. Make some awesome music yourself to help restore balance by submitting tracks for our P.A.B.S. Compilation and emailing them to remix@maniacmusic.net &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6. These can help: <a href="http://www.maniacmusic.net/korn" target="_new">http://www.maniacmusic.net/korn Sincerely, The Maniac Street Team



" Justin Bieber seems is working on a new album, which is believed to be heavy on dubstep. The ‘Baby’ and ’Never Say Never’ singer has been working on a new album, tentatively titled Believe, which is slated to release sometime in early 2012.

In an interview with USA Today, the 17-year-old Canadian pop star said, “I’m about halfway through. What’s big right now are beats that are in the clubs, like dubstep. So I want to mess with that stuff, but also stay me.” - Quoted from http://rollingstoneindia.com/news-updates/justin-beiber-to-release-dubstep-album/

You think this is what the Mayans warned us about? To defend this, The Maniac Agenda are launching the Producers Against Bieber Step (P.A.B.S.) campiagn today and have already gained the support of Mega Man and Chuck Norris, but are calling on YOU!!!



                       Chuck Norris                                                        Megaman

To Help defend against the end of the world please support the cause by doing One or more of the following:

1. Download our Free Remix EP - http://www.maniacmusic.net/go/music-album-download?id=20383

2. Right click and saved THE PICTURE AT TOP OF THIS POST and make Your Default facebook picture.

3.  Tell a Friend by clicking here

5. Make some awesome music yourself to help restore balance by submitting tracks for our P.A.B.S. Compilation and emailing them to remix@maniacmusic.net
   
6. These can help: http://www.maniacmusic.net/korn

Sincerely,

The Maniac Street Team








]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:55:00 GMT 64FA584BFA64412CA998CC794D3CD110 Maniacal Memories + More shows..... http://maniacmusic.net/home.cfm?feature=773496&postid=1733425 &nbsp; Hey Maniacs, Remember this? Blast from the past! Our first show at Camp 8! Figured We bring back some MANIACAL memories as we prepare for our Show Schedule being released soon! What cities should The Maniac Agenda tour in this season? &nbsp;Tell us on our Facebook page wall at http://www.maniacmusic.net &nbsp; &nbsp;
 
Hey Maniacs,

Remember this? Blast from the past! Our first show at Camp 8! Figured We bring back some MANIACAL memories as we prepare for our Show Schedule being released soon! What cities should The Maniac Agenda tour in this season?  Tell us on our Facebook page wall at http://www.maniacmusic.net
 
 
]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:04:23 GMT C5D31B608652428BD2F2961874C9E8CA The Maniac Agenda Pre-Release New song in support of their Korn Remix http://maniacmusic.net/home.cfm?feature=773496&postid=1716769 Dear Maniacs, You heard right only 2 days left to listen and vote for our Korn Remix of their new single Narcissistic Cannibal. In exchange for supporting us with a vote, we will be giving you a link to a pre-release of our original &quot;Dissolve&quot; and a production pack as a Thank you! Get to voting at: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/Vote4Maniacs " target="_new">http://tinyurl.com/Vote4Maniacs Sincerely, The Maniac Agenda

Dear Maniacs,

You heard right only 2 days left to listen and vote for our Korn Remix of their new single Narcissistic Cannibal. In exchange for supporting us with a vote, we will be giving you a link to a pre-release of our original "Dissolve" and a production pack as a Thank you! Get to voting at:

http://tinyurl.com/Vote4Maniacs

Sincerely,

The Maniac Agenda

]]> Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:12:48 GMT 494C1CEFF06AEA9D2F1E63358D3E591D Have a Happy NEW YEAR from The Maniac Agenda! http://maniacmusic.net/home.cfm?feature=773496&postid=1671765 Dear Maniac, Happy New Years and Holidays! We plan on making 2012 an EPIC year for The Maniac Agenda,maniamusic.net, and of course most importantly YOU. We have many awesome things coming in the near year including new rockstep music and production tools for you&nbsp; plus we can't wait to go through your remixes of Dissolve and select those tracks to be signed and released with us. We will save the details for you later cause right now lets enjoy what is left of 2011 and get shitty with some maniacs! Here is our present to guys for making this an awesome year for us - <a target="_new" href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/08g1bz">The Maniac Agenda's Production Pack Vol. 1 Plus here is a perview of our music video for our first song release &quot;Dissolve&quot; Dear Maniac,

Happy New Years and Holidays! We plan on making 2012 an EPIC year for The Maniac Agenda,maniamusic.net, and of course most importantly YOU.

We have many awesome things coming in the near year including new rockstep music and production tools for you  plus we can't wait to go through your remixes of Dissolve and select those tracks to be signed and released with us. We will save the details for you later cause right now lets enjoy what is left of 2011 and get shitty with some maniacs!

Here is our present to guys for making this an awesome year for us - The Maniac Agenda's Production Pack Vol. 1

Plus here is a perview of our music video for our first song release "Dissolve"






]]> Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:05:00 GMT 731B100F742AE1D24E8A69014BE058D5 Tis The Season for GIVING! http://maniacmusic.net/home.cfm?feature=773496&postid=1620983 Antonio &quot;SAT&quot; here and I'm finally back! I was off on a production tour &amp; guess what?! Our convo we had on facebook inspired one of my new remixes. We talked about Hip Hop and Jedimind Tricks so I got back into my hiphop mode producing a remix inspire by you guys for MC Radio Active formly of Michael Franti's Spearhead. Thanks Maniacs! Check it out Here: It must be the season for giving because we just launched two cool contests to give you some maniacal cheer this year. This week we are holding The Maniac Agenda's &quot;Maniacal Pet&quot; Contest on our facebook page. All you have to do is just post the name of your pet with a picture on the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/themaniacagenda" target="_new">The Maniac Agenda Face Book Wall. Send your friends to Like/comment your picture on our wall. The Top 5 with the most &quot;likes&quot; will move on to the final round. The winner will receive - The brand new beatport charting Album &quot;Broken Angels&quot; by our friend Syrebral plus a MANIACAL package sent to your house filled with goodies you and your pet will love. Entries plus Likes and comments must be in by WED DEC 21st (A week from today)... <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheManiacAgenda?sk=app_188728067831476" target="_new"> We just teamed up with Fanzy to bring you an on going monthly Contest to reward our BIGGEST supporters. Very simple - Spread the word about The Maniac Agenda to your friends on your facebook/Twitter and win points to earn badges that unlock rewards from The Maniac Agenda and Fanzy sponsors like Free Website design, mp3s, Blog features, and more. Check the list of prizes and get involved to be crowned MANIAC of THE MONTH with all its glory and benfits! Plus we are taking more ideas for prizes please share here! Shout out to Sven-sama W&uuml;therich from Germany who is currently in the lead... <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheManiacAgenda?sk=app_188728067831476" target="_new">Join the FANZY Contest HERE Finally, I'm happy to announce we were top of the Charts on Jelli Radio's Orange &amp; Red stations beating out The Gorillaz and Counting Crows (see here) and are now being considered for cross-over into other stations, but need your help. It is simple and only takes a few seconds. 1. Go to the request page by clicking <a href="http://jelli.uservoice.com/forums/44263-rock-jelli-catalog-requests/suggestions/2407514-dissolve-by-the-maniac-agenda?ref=title" target="_new">HERE 2. Click Vote 3. Log-in with facebook or just type any random email 4. Leave a CRAZY AWESOME COMMENT :-) 5. Bonus: Anyone who Votes &amp; leaves a comment using their facebook as a log-in this week will receive an exclusive NI Massive Preset created by The Manaic Agenda in their facebook inbox Sincerely, SAT of The Maniac Agenda http://www.maniacmusic.net Antonio "SAT" here and I'm finally back! I was off on a production tour & guess what?! Our convo we had on facebook inspired one of my new remixes. We talked about Hip Hop and Jedimind Tricks so I got back into my hiphop mode producing a remix inspire by you guys for MC Radio Active formly of Michael Franti's Spearhead. Thanks Maniacs! Check it out Here:




It must be the season for giving because we just launched two cool contests to give you some maniacal cheer this year.

This week we are holding The Maniac Agenda's "Maniacal Pet" Contest on our facebook page. All you have to do is just post the name of your pet with a picture on the The Maniac Agenda Face Book Wall. Send your friends to Like/comment your picture on our wall. The Top 5 with the most "likes" will move on to the final round.

The winner will receive - The brand new beatport charting Album "Broken Angels" by our friend Syrebral plus a MANIACAL package sent to your house filled with goodies you and your pet will love. Entries plus Likes and comments must be in by WED DEC 21st (A week from today)...


We just teamed up with Fanzy to bring you an on going monthly Contest to reward our BIGGEST supporters. Very simple - Spread the word about The Maniac Agenda to your friends on your facebook/Twitter and win points to earn badges that unlock rewards from The Maniac Agenda and Fanzy sponsors like Free Website design, mp3s, Blog features, and more.

Check the list of prizes and get involved to be crowned MANIAC of THE MONTH with all its glory and benfits! Plus we are taking more ideas for prizes please share here! Shout out to Sven-sama Wütherich from Germany who is currently in the lead... Join the FANZY Contest HERE




Finally, I'm happy to announce we were top of the Charts on Jelli Radio's Orange & Red stations beating out The Gorillaz and Counting Crows (see here) and are now being considered for cross-over into other stations, but need your help. It is simple and only takes a few seconds.

1. Go to the request page by clicking HERE
2. Click Vote
3. Log-in with facebook or just type any random email
4. Leave a CRAZY AWESOME COMMENT :-)
5. Bonus: Anyone who Votes & leaves a comment using their facebook as a log-in this week will receive an exclusive NI Massive Preset created by The Manaic Agenda in their facebook inbox


Sincerely,

SAT of The Maniac Agenda
http://www.maniacmusic.net
]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:50:00 GMT 94A9077C098DFC6C3468D4DDBBBE0BAE Maniac Agenda LIVE in Philly on Black Friday with Phantasmagoria Circus & DJ HA Plus Massive Presets http://maniacmusic.net/home.cfm?feature=773496&postid=1517598 Dear Philadelphia Area Maniacs! Welcome to a place where Fire Breathers, Sword Swallowers, Arial Silk Dancers, Burlesque Clowns, BASS, &amp; Maniacs all gather. For those who strive for something different! We are proud to announce our next show is BLACK FRIDAY (The day after Thanksgiving) - November 25th Featuring the Rock/Dubstep revolutionaries The Maniac Agenda with the CIRCUS Side Show Phantasmagoria and Dubstep/Jungle DJ HA to bring you a Heavy Event for freaks of all ages. Date: 11/25/2011 Location: Ruba Club (upstairs in the BIG room) 414 GREEN STREET, NORTHERN LIBERTIES, PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA 215.627.9831 : www.RUBAClub-live.com Time: 9pm-1am Cover: $10 All Ages to Get Busy 21+ to Get Dizzy See Event page for more details on how to have your face melted - <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/240693012657688/" target="_new">http://www.facebook.com/events/240693012657688/ <a target="_new" href="./files/The Maniac Agenda Wobbles Part 2.rar">DOWNLOAD NEW MASSIVE Presets Here
Dear Philadelphia Area Maniacs!

Welcome to a place where Fire Breathers, Sword Swallowers, Arial Silk Dancers, Burlesque Clowns, BASS, & Maniacs all gather.

For those who strive for something different! We are proud to announce our next show is BLACK FRIDAY (The day after Thanksgiving) - November 25th Featuring the Rock/Dubstep revolutionaries The Maniac Agenda with the CIRCUS Side Show Phantasmagoria and Dubstep/Jungle DJ HA to bring you a Heavy Event for freaks of all ages.

Date: 11/25/2011

Location: Ruba Club (upstairs in the BIG room)

414 GREEN STREET, NORTHERN LIBERTIES, PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA
215.627.9831 : www.RUBAClub-live.com

Time: 9pm-1am

Cover: $10

All Ages to Get Busy
21+ to Get Dizzy

See Event page for more details on how to have your face melted - http://www.facebook.com/events/240693012657688/




DOWNLOAD NEW MASSIVE Presets Here

]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:20:00 GMT AA90038744CBD7EE73737B9EF6076D9A Reflections of a Maniac - Vol. 1 http://maniacmusic.net/home.cfm?feature=773496&postid=1404922 &nbsp;Welcome to the first of some blogs that I'll be writing here and there to stay more connected to you guys.&nbsp; Living in a bubble. We like to say that we're in some kind of &quot;bubble&quot; right now, somehow attached to yet seperated&nbsp;to the outside world all at the same time. Creativity has come from the damndest places. But I'm getting ahead of myself so let's go back a bit............ &nbsp;&nbsp; Around March of 2011&nbsp;I started writing and recording with Antonio and Dennis. The word unreal comes to mind for several reasons. At that time, I was just opening up&nbsp;with my voice&nbsp;to where I was starting to sound the way I wanted to sound, but had little control over it. We started with a song we called &quot;crying&quot;, it had a catchy hook but more so it had heavy guitars with bass wobbles and a particular style that I think we all realized was &quot;our style&quot;. The more songs that went on, this proved true. To us, it seemed like a great combination to mix the coolest stuff in&nbsp;Dubstep/D&amp;B &amp; Metal together and really&nbsp;stir shit up. Nothin' like a nice guitar solo over a&nbsp;big ass wobble I always say, haha. We started to incorporate this heavily when we did our InnerPartySystem &quot;Not getting Any Better&quot; remix. It's been dubbed RockStep, dubMetal, 666Step, and some other crazy names. Good stuff. Crowley would be proud, haha. But anyway, things really started to take form at that point due to the magic of earning a major label release in Europe and The US!!! It was time to play a hand and take a gamble...time to make an EP and really see what we can do as not just a production team, but also a band. &nbsp;&nbsp; A few solid months passed where the song &quot;A Beautiful Struggle&quot; was absorbing us like a sick fascination. We wanted to finish it so badly but &quot;things&quot; just kept stopping it from happening. Let's just say the elements&nbsp;have tested us both phsyically and mentally on that one. We tried about ten different ideas for the hook and what not and were never satisfied....we decided to take a break and back off from the song before it destroyed one of us or self destructed like a note from Chief Quimby in Inspector Gadget. At this time, the song &quot;Dissolve&quot; was created and recorded...good times. Once that got under way and we worked on another remix or two and then&nbsp;it was time to re-approach &quot;The Struggle&quot; one more time and see what we could come up with. After this happened another time over or so, it finally came to be what you may have heard&nbsp;in the &quot;demo&quot; version. We decided to put that demo version out on SoundCloud for a week or two to see what kind of response it got, then when all was finally flowing.....BAM!!!!!! All of the files to the song were deleted and gone due to a external hard drive that decided to fail before we could get&nbsp;the&nbsp;track&nbsp;tightened up, mixed and mastered. We were devastated for a minute or three,&nbsp;trust me. So what was thought of as a possible first single and a must on the first EP was decided to come out at a later date when we can get all that worked out. I guess thats what happens when you obsess too hard on one particualr thing...it explodes in your face. This part is to be continued at a later time when the story unfolds itself to us. <a href="http://soundcloud.com/maniacagenda/a-beautiful-struggle-wip">A Beautiful Struggle (WIP) by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/maniacagenda">TheManiacAgenda Lets catch up to now.....things are wrapping up&nbsp;nicely on the EP. A lot of sacrifice, devotion and love went into this stuff....as well as some solfeggio tuning forks ;) On a very recent note, we entered a guitar solo from me using some sweet &quot;Rage against The Machine&quot; style pitch shifting and got to use a Beer bottle for the grand ending for the Bayside Indaba contest. check it out here and vote: <a href="http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/78685" target="_new">http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/78685 We are getting ready to release a music video for the song Dissolve very soon to kick off everything, then it should be time for the Flood. The next move after that is a suprise still, but depending on when you read this it may be in the past already. wait a minute, strike that...reverse it...thanks. More of the story to come soon, but until next time...................these are the reflections of a maniac - Leonardo &quot;the light-bearer&quot; Rizzo



 Welcome to the first of some blogs that I'll be writing here and there to stay more connected to you guys. 

Living in a bubble.

We like to say that we're in some kind of "bubble" right now, somehow attached to yet seperated to the outside world all at the same time. Creativity has come from the damndest places. But I'm getting ahead of myself so let's go back a bit............

   Around March of 2011 I started writing and recording with Antonio and Dennis. The word unreal comes to mind for several reasons. At that time, I was just opening up with my voice to where I was starting to sound the way I wanted to sound, but had little control over it. We started with a song we called "crying", it had a catchy hook but more so it had heavy guitars with bass wobbles and a particular style that I think we all realized was "our style". The more songs that went on, this proved true. To us, it seemed like a great combination to mix the coolest stuff in Dubstep/D&B & Metal together and really stir shit up. Nothin' like a nice guitar solo over a big ass wobble I always say, haha.

We started to incorporate this heavily when we did our InnerPartySystem "Not getting Any Better" remix. It's been dubbed RockStep, dubMetal, 666Step, and some other crazy names. Good stuff. Crowley would be proud, haha. But anyway, things really started to take form at that point due to the magic of earning a major label release in Europe and The US!!! It was time to play a hand and take a gamble...time to make an EP and really see what we can do as not just a production team, but also a band.

   A few solid months passed where the song "A Beautiful Struggle" was absorbing us like a sick fascination. We wanted to finish it so badly but "things" just kept stopping it from happening. Let's just say the elements have tested us both phsyically and mentally on that one. We tried about ten different ideas for the hook and what not and were never satisfied....we decided to take a break and back off from the song before it destroyed one of us or self destructed like a note from Chief Quimby in Inspector Gadget.

At this time, the song "Dissolve" was created and recorded...good times. Once that got under way and we worked on another remix or two and then it was time to re-approach "The Struggle" one more time and see what we could come up with. After this happened another time over or so, it finally came to be what you may have heard in the "demo" version. We decided to put that demo version out on SoundCloud for a week or two to see what kind of response it got, then when all was finally flowing.....BAM!!!!!! All of the files to the song were deleted and gone due to a external hard drive that decided to fail before we could get the track tightened up, mixed and mastered. We were devastated for a minute or three, trust me. So what was thought of as a possible first single and a must on the first EP was decided to come out at a later date when we can get all that worked out. I guess thats what happens when you obsess too hard on one particualr thing...it explodes in your face. This part is to be continued at a later time when the story unfolds itself to us.
A Beautiful Struggle (WIP) by TheManiacAgenda


Lets catch up to now.....things are wrapping up nicely on the EP. A lot of sacrifice, devotion and love went into this stuff....as well as some solfeggio tuning forks ;)

On a very recent note, we entered a guitar solo from me using some sweet "Rage against The Machine" style pitch shifting and got to use a Beer bottle for the grand ending for the Bayside Indaba contest. check it out here and vote:

http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/78685

We are getting ready to release a music video for the song Dissolve very soon to kick off everything, then it should be time for the Flood. The next move after that is a suprise still, but depending on when you read this it may be in the past already. wait a minute, strike that...reverse it...thanks. More of the story to come soon, but until next time...................these are the reflections of a maniac - Leonardo "the light-bearer" Rizzo

]]> Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:45:00 GMT 2973B4D836995A98C8B91C605431F196 Innerpartysystem + The Manaic Agenda Dirty Dubstep REMIX - FREE NI Massive Presets http://maniacmusic.net/home.cfm?feature=773496&postid=1126617 It's hard to get a hold of really AWESOME Dubstep presets for Massive from award winning producers. SOOOO..... The Maniac Agenda wanted to help out by giving you for FREE our patches we used in the Official Remix of Innerpartysystem's &quot;It's Not Getting Any Better&quot; coming out on Red Bull Records. It Doesn't Get Any Better then this! :) <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3u9h4qx" target="_new">Click Here to Get Patches
It's hard to get a hold of really AWESOME Dubstep presets for Massive from award winning producers. SOOOO..... The Maniac Agenda wanted to help out by giving you for FREE our patches we used in the Official Remix of Innerpartysystem's "It's Not Getting Any Better" coming out on Red Bull Records. It Doesn't Get Any Better then this! :)

Click Here to Get Patches
]]> Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:50:00 GMT 309A2CA04FB87F74C74E3C8B85D38BCB The Launch of The New ManiacMusic.net - The Maniac Agenda - Red Bull Records! http://maniacmusic.net/home.cfm?feature=773496&postid=1114231 Dear Maniacs, Today is the Day! I'm sorry to say all good things must come to a indefinate hiatus including The Maniac All-stars, but I'm happy to announce The new project is here! <a href="http://soundcloud.com/kurr_yahurrd/innerpartysystem-its-not">Innerpartysystem - It's Not Getting Any Better (Maniac Mix) READ DESCRIPTION. by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/djsat">djsat Welcome&nbsp; the DUBSTEP infused Rock Band - &quot;The Maniac Agenda!&quot; &quot;Two brothers, an alien biscuit mascot, and a sound healer dropped everything and moved together to Camden, New Jersey. The chemical factory across the street explodes into a seven alarm fire releasing mysterious chemical trails in the air while recording their new EP. Their lives haven&rsquo;t been the same since and neither may yours&hellip;&quot; The Maniac Agenda is the mutation of the multi-award winning producers (formally of the Maniac All-Stars) into their own electronic rock project.&nbsp; Antonio &ldquo;S.A.T&rdquo; Gonzalez, Dennis &ldquo;RA&rdquo; Gonzalez, and Leonardo&ldquo;LCR&rdquo; Rizzo helm both song writing and production duties while recruiting an eclectic blend of collaborators from all walks of life. World music jam band Telepath and Questlove from The Roots have already made contributions. The Maniac Agenda's debut remix, Not Getting Any Better by Innerpartysystem, will be released on Red Bull Records to kick off the start of the new project. Listen to the track here Sincerely, Maniacmusic.net


Dear Maniacs,

Today is the Day! I'm sorry to say all good things must come to a indefinate hiatus including The Maniac All-stars, but I'm happy to announce The new project is here!
Innerpartysystem - It's Not Getting Any Better (Maniac Mix) READ DESCRIPTION. by djsat
Welcome  the DUBSTEP infused Rock Band - "The Maniac Agenda!"

"Two brothers, an alien biscuit mascot, and a sound healer dropped everything and moved
together to Camden, New Jersey. The chemical factory across the street explodes into a
seven alarm fire releasing mysterious chemical trails in the air while recording their new
EP. Their lives haven’t been the same since and neither may yours…"

The Maniac Agenda is the mutation of the multi-award winning producers (formally of
the Maniac All-Stars) into their own electronic rock project.  Antonio “S.A.T” Gonzalez,
Dennis “RA” Gonzalez, and Leonardo“LCR” Rizzo helm both song writing and
production duties while recruiting an eclectic blend of collaborators from all walks of life.
World music jam band Telepath and Questlove from The Roots have already made contributions.

The Maniac Agenda's debut remix, Not Getting Any Better by Innerpartysystem, will be released on
Red Bull Records to kick off the start of the new project. Listen to the track here




Sincerely,

Maniacmusic.net




]]> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:10:00 GMT 5BFF8090C17721C4FD84029BA6DDCC37 The Maniac of The Week! http://maniacmusic.net/home.cfm?feature=773496&postid=1101192 Dear Maniacs, The Maniac of the week goes out to Melissa from P.A.! She is bartender&nbsp; and can make a mean mixed drink. She even invited her own and called it &quot;Green Giant&quot; She gave herself a REAL tattoo of our alien mascot Ralph Bunscuit! That is straight up harcore, maniacal, and we love it! FREE Maniac music for life I believe is in hand for being the first. Hooray! If you would like to be considered for Maniac of The week in the future please email us a photo and tell us &quot;What makes you a Maniac&quot; to djsat@maniacmusic.net



Dear Maniacs,

The Maniac of the week goes out to Melissa from P.A.! She is bartender  and can make a mean mixed drink. She even invited her own and called it "Green Giant" She gave herself a REAL tattoo of our alien mascot Ralph Bunscuit! That is straight up harcore, maniacal, and we love it! FREE Maniac music for life I believe is in hand for being the first. Hooray!

If you would like to be considered for Maniac of The week in the future please email us a photo and tell us "What makes you a Maniac" to djsat@maniacmusic.net

]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:00:00 GMT 133E438E9A6A1537DD5BFA6647FEBF79 Maniac All-Stars' Producers Ink Publishing Deal with 5th Largest Record Label Concord Music Group http://maniacmusic.net/home.cfm?feature=773496&postid=802989 Dear Maniacs, We are VERY proud to announce that The Maniac All-Stars just landed a single publishing deal with the 5th largest record label with their collaberation song &quot;It's For The Love of The Game.&quot; This song featuring collaberation with Exponent Entertainment's Rich Quick (&amp; special guest vocals from Shannon Humphrey) and was winner of Indaba music/Banshee FootBall Theme contest.&nbsp;&quot;We are pleased to have made this deal with Concord&quot; said Antonio &quot;SAT&quot; Gonzalez of The Maniac All-Stars &quot;It is not every day someone is publshing mates with the legends such as&nbsp; Paul McMcarney&quot; Concord Music Group is a record company formed in 2004 by the merger of Concord Records and Fantasy Records. On March 12, 2007, Concord Music Group and Starbucks jointly founded the Hear Music label, which has released albums by artists that include Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, John Mellencamp and more. In April 2010 it was announced McCartney has transferred distribution rights to his post-Beatles output to Concord from EMI. Distribution is mainly handled by Universal Music Group. In smaller markets, such as those in Africa and Eastern Europe, local independent labels that represent Universal license the catalogue.[5] Since 2010, Concord Music Group is divided into 3 umbrellas: Concord Records Group, Fantasy Records Group &amp; Terlac Records Group. It is now the 5th largest record groups in the world.

Dear Maniacs,

We are VERY proud to announce that The Maniac All-Stars just landed a single publishing deal with the 5th largest record label with their collaberation song "It's For The Love of The Game." This song featuring collaberation with Exponent Entertainment's Rich Quick (& special guest vocals from Shannon Humphrey) and was winner of Indaba music/Banshee FootBall Theme contest. "We are pleased to have made this deal with Concord" said Antonio "SAT" Gonzalez of The Maniac All-Stars "It is not every day someone is publshing mates with the legends such as  Paul McMcarney"

Concord Music Group is a record company formed in 2004 by the merger of Concord Records and Fantasy Records. On March 12, 2007, Concord Music Group and Starbucks jointly founded the Hear Music label, which has released albums by artists that include Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, John Mellencamp and more. In April 2010 it was announced McCartney has transferred distribution rights to his post-Beatles output to Concord from EMI.

Distribution is mainly handled by Universal Music Group. In smaller markets, such as those in Africa and Eastern Europe, local independent labels that represent Universal license the catalogue.[5] Since 2010, Concord Music Group is divided into 3 umbrellas: Concord Records Group, Fantasy Records Group & Terlac Records Group. It is now the 5th largest record groups in the world.

]]> Wed, 02 Mar 2011 04:39:49 GMT 2E3BFACF9B29575CFBD79885E86D1593 The Maniac All-Stars "MANIAC" of The Week! http://maniacmusic.net/home.cfm?feature=773496&postid=734541 Dear Maniacs, Our maniac of the week is Melissa. She is a former professional video gamer player (HOT!), singer/song writer, and currently going to school for Music Business Entertainment. She is def a maniac and plans to leave her mark in the music industry. Thanks for spreading the The Maniac All-Stars love Melissa! If you would like to be considered for Maniac of The week in the future please email us a photo and tell us &quot;What makes you a Maniac&quot; to djsat@maniacmusic.net

Dear Maniacs,

Our maniac of the week is Melissa. She is a former professional video gamer player (HOT!), singer/song writer, and currently going to school for Music Business Entertainment. She is def a maniac and plans to leave her mark in the music industry. Thanks for spreading the The Maniac All-Stars love Melissa!

If you would like to be considered for Maniac of The week in the future please email us a photo and tell us "What makes you a Maniac" to djsat@maniacmusic.net
]]> Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:57:02 GMT E8748BD92B3715AA09F5C19D102DA081 Backstage Music Video Shoot - Rocking in Baltimore Saturday! http://maniacmusic.net/home.cfm?feature=773496&postid=699204 Dear Maniacs, We are rocking Sonar Night Club in baltimore this Saturday - we are doing a early set so get there early to aviod the crowd and save money. This is going to be another mind expanding event perfect for a great time, finding love, new music, new friends, and you can be yourself. This is a all ages show! Info in flyer above - See you there! <a href="http://vimeo.com/18754222">Jahn Q Publaq Access Granted! GO HARD! video shoot from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1534893">Artist Warehouse on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo. This is a sneak behind the scenes peak of Jahn Q's &quot;Go Hard&quot; music video. This track was produced by Maniac All-Stars brothers SAT &amp; DMF. They even make a cameo in the music video playing many different characters - From Tree Thuggers to Band Members to Bboys - This video is sure to express the making of GO HARD!

Dear Maniacs,

We are rocking Sonar Night Club in baltimore this Saturday - we are doing a early set so get there early to aviod the crowd and save money. This is going to be another mind expanding event perfect for a great time, finding love, new music, new friends, and you can be yourself. This is a all ages show! Info in flyer above - See you there!

Jahn Q Publaq Access Granted! GO HARD! video shoot from Artist Warehouse on Vimeo.

This is a sneak behind the scenes peak of Jahn Q's "Go Hard" music video. This track was produced by Maniac All-Stars brothers SAT & DMF. They even make a cameo in the music video playing many different characters - From Tree Thuggers to Band Members to Bboys - This video is sure to express the making of GO HARD!

]]> Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:05:00 GMT CDCAB870E9CDF4C575FA2B7E4158D458 The M.A.S. Featured Maniac of The Week - Music Video Cameo? - & Wreckradio Band of 2010 http://maniacmusic.net/home.cfm?feature=773496&postid=681640 Dear Maniacs, Our maniac of the week is Amber aka FIXT Girl aka SWD. She is a photographer and photo editing maniac. Her work can be seen over at Celldweller's Fixt store showcasing FIXT merchandise. We are proud to announce Amber will be doing the next photo shoot for The Maniac All-Stars. We look forward to it! You can learn more about Amber and her photography at: <a href="http:// http://www.swdphotographics.com" target="_new"> http://www.swdphotographics.com If you would like to be considered for Maniac of The week in the future please email&nbsp; us a photo and tell us &quot;What makes you a Maniac&quot; to <a href="mailto:djsat@maniacmusic.net">djsat@maniacmusic.net In other news, The Maniac All-Stars have just been recruited to feature as the backing band in a music video for Prydelands/MyGrain recording artist Jahn Q Publaq. The video is of his new single &quot;Go Hard&quot; produced by SAT &amp; DMF of The Maniac All-Stars. You can hear the track here <a href="http://jahnqp.bandcamp.com/" target="_new">http://jahnqp.bandcamp.com/ and download it on Itunes. Finally, Thank everyone who voted The Maniac All-Stars as &quot;Wrecked Radio Band of 2010&quot; at the 2010 Wrecked Awards. Wreckedradio.net is a music news, pop culture, and comedy channel on Youtube with over 10,000 subscribers. You can watch the awards show and see our announcemnt speech below:

Dear Maniacs,

Our maniac of the week is Amber aka FIXT Girl aka SWD. She is a photographer and photo editing maniac. Her work can be seen over at Celldweller's Fixt store showcasing FIXT merchandise. We are proud to announce Amber will be doing the next photo shoot for The Maniac All-Stars. We look forward to it! You can learn more about Amber and her photography at:

http://www.swdphotographics.com

If you would like to be considered for Maniac of The week in the future please email  us a photo and tell us "What makes you a Maniac" to djsat@maniacmusic.net





In other news, The Maniac All-Stars have just been recruited to feature as the backing band in a music video for Prydelands/MyGrain recording artist Jahn Q Publaq. The video is of his new single "Go Hard" produced by SAT & DMF of The Maniac All-Stars. You can hear the track here http://jahnqp.bandcamp.com/ and download it on Itunes.


Finally, Thank everyone who voted The Maniac All-Stars as "Wrecked Radio Band of 2010" at the 2010 Wrecked Awards. Wreckedradio.net is a music news, pop culture, and comedy channel on Youtube with over 10,000 subscribers. You can watch the awards show and see our announcemnt speech below:

]]> Thu, 06 Jan 2011 07:55:00 GMT AFF86962191BD5059551FB8F9C10485C Maniac All-Stars Nominated "Best New Wrecked Artist/Band" on Wreckedradio.net http://maniacmusic.net/home.cfm?feature=773496&postid=661186 Dear Maniacs, We are happy to announce The Maniac All-Stars were just nominated &quot;Best New Wrecked Artist/Band&quot; on the music, news, and pop culture internet show Wrecked Radio. It is hosted by the beautiful, entertaining, and charming Jesspaul - you don't want to miss her - She is defininately a Maniac! We currently are in 1st place, but fighting for it and need your help! - Now Join us in our quest by going to: <a href="http://wreckedradio.net/votewrecked2010" target="_new">http://wreckedradio.net/votewrecked2010 and VOTE for us! Sincerely, The Maniac All-Stars
Dear Maniacs,

We are happy to announce The Maniac All-Stars were just nominated "Best New Wrecked Artist/Band"
on the music, news, and pop culture internet show Wrecked Radio.

It is hosted by the beautiful, entertaining, and charming Jesspaul - you don't want to miss her -
She is defininately a Maniac! We currently are in 1st place, but fighting for it and need your help! -
Now Join us in our quest by going to:

http://wreckedradio.net/votewrecked2010

and VOTE for us!

Sincerely,

The Maniac All-Stars
]]> Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:55:00 GMT 4B1005FCC02B40A126FD34C2464CEFD3 Happy Thanksgiving Maniacs! We have a special treat for you! http://maniacmusic.net/home.cfm?feature=773496&postid=599584 Dear Maniacs, We wanted to thank for you an awesome year so far with all the events you rocked with us and being patience for our album. To show our thanks we are releasing one of the most rare tracks ever today for FREE. This track is the first collaboration my brother and I did 3 years ago to the date and hence starting the production what isnow The Maniac All-Stars. There is a funny story in the album notes that goes a long with this track so read on and enjoy your food! Download the Track here: <a href="http://www.maniacmusic.net/go/music-album-download?id=52533" target="_new">http://www.maniacmusic.net/go/music-album-download?id=52533 Sincerely, The Maniac All-Stars
Dear Maniacs,

We wanted to thank for you an awesome year so far with all the events you rocked with us and being patience for our album. To show our thanks we are releasing one of the most rare tracks ever today for FREE. This track is the first collaboration my brother and I did 3 years ago to the date and hence starting the production what isnow The Maniac All-Stars. There is a funny story in the album notes that goes a long with this track so read on and enjoy your food!

Download the Track here: http://www.maniacmusic.net/go/music-album-download?id=52533

Sincerely,
The Maniac All-Stars
]]> Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:23:27 GMT 6923519BB92EE295066855960909F56B